Dalsukh M. Pancholi
Born1906
Karachi, British India
Died1959 (age 53)
Bombay, India

Dalsukh M. Pancholi (1906–1959) was an Indian film-maker, producer and distributor who is remembered for making the first Punjabi film. Considered to be a film pioneer, Pancholi's Empire Talkie Distributors based in Lahore were the biggest importer of American films in northern and western India. Pancholi's Pancholi Art Pics was also the largest film studio in Lahore at the time of the Partition of India.

Personal life

He hailed from the village Halvad in Saurashtra, Gujarat. His nephew Ravindra Dave was also film director and producer.[1]

Among Lahore's filmmakers, Dalsukh Pancholi, introduced Noor Jehan as a child star in Gul Bakawali — was forced to move to Bombay in 1947 due to the partition, leaving his studio to continue for another two years. His elder brother R.M. Pancholi, started the movie business. The last film it produced was somewhat ironically titled Ghalat Fehmi. [2][3]

Filmography

  • Sohni Mahiwal (1939)
  • Gul Bakavali (1939)
  • Yamla Jatt   (1940)
  • Chaudhary  (1941)
  • Khazanchi  (1941)
  • Zamindar  (1942)
  • Khandan (1942)
  • Poonji (1943) - Producer[1]
  • Daasi  (1944)
  • Shirin Farhad  (1945)
  • Dhamki  (1945)
  • Kaise Kahoon  (1945)
  • Patjhad
  • Meena Baazar  (1950)
  • Nagina  (1951)
  • Aasman (1955)
  • Lutera  (1958)
  • Farishta (1958)

References

  1. 1 2 Dave, Hiren B. (16 April 2019). "Tribute: Director Ravindra Dave, who was 'Ravinbhai' in Hindi films and 'Bapa' for Gujarati cinema". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Pracha, Maheen. "The story of Pakistan's talkies". DAWN. DAWN.
  3. ↑ Khan, Ali; Ahmad, Ali Nobil (2016). Cinema and society : film and social change in Pakistan. Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199402229.

4. https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/dalsukh-m-pancholi


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